When we were shopping for my wife's Scout, the salesmen all wanted to compare the bike to the Sportster. This was not a good selling point for my wife.
I've got a Sporty, and she doesn't like riding it. Since she was upgrading her '02 V-Rod, I was selling her on lighter weight, better handling and ABS brakes. She loves her Scout, and hardly rides the V-Rod anymore.
There's probably going to be a new Sportster, it's clearly time for an upgrade. I wonder if it's cast in concrete that the new engine be liquid cooled and OHC? I for one hope not. A Sportster without 4 cams and pushrods just wouldn't seem right.
I've got a Sporty, and she doesn't like riding it. Since she was upgrading her '02 V-Rod, I was selling her on lighter weight, better handling and ABS brakes. She loves her Scout, and hardly rides the V-Rod anymore.
But wait... Doesn't the V-Rod smoke the Scout? The V-Rod's HP/TQ numbers dwarf the Scout's, no? Yet she prefers the Scout?
Still I don't see the point of getting wound up about HP when buying any "cruiser", regardless of who makes it.
you know you are stirring the pot at this point. You are one of the main folks going HAM on tuning. Well, why bother tuning? Stock tune is just fine, right? C'mon. Cut it out lol. Lets all just go get 250-500cc cruisers... we just need to cruisers to go slow and not get out of our own way. Im all for a 250cc ultra classics. Screw that 117 cvo nonsense... it's just silly
I suppose its like buying a 6 cylinder Nova, then swapping all the drivetrain over to accommodate a 396. Yeah it will be faster, but you would have saved alot of trouble by buying a V-8 equipped Nova in the first place.
But wait... Doesn't the V-Rod smoke the Scout? The V-Rod's HP/TQ numbers dwarf the Scout's, no? Yet she prefers the Scout?
I think the later V-Rods made more power than my wife's '02. From my seat of the pants dyno, the Scout and '02 V-Rod are comparable when twisting the throttle. I've never ridden a dyno chart myself.
Cycle World says the Scout is 3/10 of a second slower over the quarter mile as well. Fortunately, very little of our riding is full acceleration blasts over short distances.
On the other hand, a metric that does matter to us as we tour is MPG. Amazingly, the Scout has been averaging in the high 50's.
you know you are stirring the pot at this point. You are one of the main folks going HAM on tuning.
Well... I'm going HAM for XMAS. Not sure that's the HAM you're referring to.
Originally Posted by cvaria
Well, why bother tuning? Stock tune is just fine, right? C'mon.
Taking things to the extreme...
Do whatever you want... Free country and all that. Hot Rod for Hot Rodding sake. If that's your thing... No problem...
In my mind though... There is a rational limit.
Wonder what the cost would be to get a Harley to the point of not getting it's *** handed to it by some kid on a run of the mill, used, stock GSXR that can be had for a song?... If even possible...
12-11-2017 | 10:29 AM
lol. Lets all just go get 250-500cc cruisers... we just need to cruisers to go slow and not get out of our own way. Im all for a 250cc ultra classics. Screw that 117 cvo nonsense... it's just silly
